Chickens on a patio

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    :scratch: Peppa Pig? :dunno:

    You can buy coloured leg rings from a well known pet store so you can tell Sarah, Vanessa and Jemima apart ;) Oh, an chooks don't mind being called by boys names either, so you could get a 4th hen and call her Neville :heehee:

    Aubiose is horse bedding :heehee: It's made from hemp and is very absorbant. It also doesn't make a big stink when it's dirtied (unless the dirt builds up and then it certainly can!). A little goes a long way too and it breaks down faster in the composter than straw does :)
    My friends chooks preferred sleeping in a flower pot to their actual coop! :huh: One of mine - no names, no pack drill *cough* Buffy! *cough* - likes to dust bath in my pots, after she has cleared it of plants, naturally :wallbanging:

    LOL at Zigs spider fags! You have a cruel streak, methinks ;) :heehee:

    Once you get your girls, we'll take about your chicken "First Aid" kit ;)
     
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    She still don't know:snork:
     
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      ten points to mum their grandma pigs chickens loool
      as for the first aid kit ive been looking on fleabay and seen different kinds of red mite treatments powders drops etc also seen one for coughs and sneezes lol
       
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      Red mite is a little perisher and needs dealing with every year :wallbanging: Diatomaceous earth is what you want for that. It smothers them. But, you need to repeat the powder application regularly.

      Scaley leg is another problem in chooks. No need to buy special "Scaley Leg" treatments. Surgical spirit and vaseline will be your best friends for that (told to me by an farmers wife who had kept chooks all her life).

      Coughs and sneezes can be fatal in chooks and there isn't much you can get over the counter to help with that. It would require antibiotics and those can only be prescribed by a vet (who will cost you more in a consulation fee than you paid for your hen: just saying! :whistle: )
       
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      Took one of mine to the vets once,

      receptionist asked "Name?"

      Me : "Zybok"

      R : "How do you spell that?"

      Me : "I don't know, i've never spelt it"

      R : "I can't fill the details in if I can't spell it"

      Me : "Do you know Spock's Brother in Star Trek 5, The Final Frontier?"

      R : "Yes, I like Star Trek"

      Me : "It's the same as that."
       
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        :roflol:

        :scratch: But you just spelt it, Zigs :scratch:
         
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        So all I really need is diatomous earth and Vaseline?
         
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        and surgical spirit.

        You'll need a wormer too.

        Red mite, scaley leg and worms are the three most common problems you are likely to encounter.
         
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        I also have a bottle of Gentian Violet Spray....(antiseptic) just in case... for any minor cuts....:dbgrtmb:

        Oh and don't forget you'll need a Christmas card for them this year:biggrin:
         
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          Good point, loli!

          I needed that for a white sussex I bought earlier last year who came with missing feathers and a raw skin (which immediately drew the others as a pecking target :nonofinger: ).

          My neighbour brought his daughter round to visit a few months later and was desperately trying to find the "pretty" one to show her :scratch: Yup, you've guessed it, he thought I had a white chicken with a purple tail :heehee:
           
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            Is today the :chicken: day?
             
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              I don't think so I've had a busy week at work so I have not had chance to get their home ready for them I should be done for lunch today so ill see how I get on
               
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                I'm back from work now so I'm going to disinfect the coop. It's going to be fun in the wind, rain, fog and ice :merryxmas: :sick0026:
                 
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                  Hope you manage to get it dry!

                  *sits back and eagerly awaits pix :xmas-win: *
                   
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                  Eric is watching you.

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